8 MusicWeek 14.09.12
SUB FOCUS Tidal Wave feat. Alpines (Mercury / Ram Records) (Single, October 29)
katerina.marka@
umusic.com
GAZ COOMBES
White Noise (Hot Fruit Recordings and EMI Label Services) (Single, October 22) Contact: Phoebe Sinclair, EMI
phoebe.sinclair@
emimusic.com
EGYPTIAN HIP HOP SYH (R&S Records) (Single, October 22) Contact: Adam Royal
adam@toastpress.com
FOREIGN BEGGARS Apex (mau5trap) (Single, September 16) Contact: James Mack, Listen Up
james.mack@
listen-up.biz
JOSH OSHO Giants feat. Childish Gambino (Island) (Single, October 8) Contact: Monique Wallace, Island
monique.wallace@umusic.com
YEASAYER Reagan’s Skeleton (Mute) (Single, November 5) Contact: Anna Mears, Dog Day Press
anna@dogdaypress.com
MACHINES DON’T CARE Beat Dun Drop
(Deconstruction/Columbia) (Single, September 16) Contact: Charlotte Sweeney, Your Army
charlotte@your-army.com
KARIN PARK Thousand Loaded Guns (State Of The Eye Recordings) (Single, out now) Contact: Emma Philpott, Purple PR
emma@purplepr.com
CONOR MAYNARD FEAT. NEYO Turn Around (Parlophone) (Single, October 8) Contact: William Luff at EMI Artist Publicity
william.luff@
emimusic.com
PURE LOVE Riot Song (Vertigo Records) (Single, October 22) Contact: Lauren Hales, Mercury
lauren.hales@umusic.com
DATA DIGEST BREAKOUT
BILLY LOCKETT Northampton-born Billy Lockett’s “dis- tinctive style, soulful voice and charming lyrics” had his first two self-released singles played on BBC Radio 1 and XFM. Fresh from a debut 14-date UK tour, he plays the Music Week Breakout event at The Proud Galleries in Camden on Thursday, September 13. Get on the guest list at
musicweek.com/
SALES PREVIOUS WEEK
% CHANGE YEAR TO DATE
SALES PREVIOUS YEAR % CHANGE
SALES STATISTICS
CHART WEEK 36 Compiled from Official Charts Company sales data by Music Week VS LAST WEEK
SINGLES
3,312,039 3,442,303
–3.8% SINGLES
120,651,956 111,659,469
+8.1%
APPOINTMENT TO VIEW
TAGGED
The latest most popular Shazam new release chart: 1 ELLIE GOULDING Anything Could Happen 2 EXAMPLE Say Nothing 3 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA Don’t You Worry Child 4 PROFESSOR GREEN Avalon 5 DJ FRESH The Feeling
GIG OF THE WEEK
Who: Dexys Where: Barbican Centre, London When: September 16 Why: Dexys bring their One Day I’m Going To Soar show to North London to play their first album in 26 years in its entirety, as well as a few classics.
PIRATES’ BAY
ARTIST ALBUMS 1,120,646 1,159,692
–3.4%
ARTIST ALBUMS 45,181,377 53,953,149
–16.3%
COMPILATIONS 295,632 326,965
–9.6%
COMPILATIONS 11,646,200 11,143,151
+4.5%
TOTAL ALBUMS 1,416,278 1,486,657
–4.7%
TOTAL ALBUMS 56,827,577 65,096,300
–12.7%
Fairport Convention: 45th Anniversary Concert Friday, 14 September – BBC Four, 10pm - 11pm A concert celebrating the folk-rock outfit's 45-year career, recorded in March 2012 at London’s Union Chapel. Simon Nicol, the only remaining original member, leads the band in performances of their greatest hits.
The Stones in the Park Saturday, 15 September – Sky Arts 1, 9pm - 10pm A 1969 concert by the Rolling Stones in London’s Hyde Park, dedicated to the memory of the band’s guitarist Brian Jones (pictured), who had died two days earlier.
Tourettes: Let Me Entertain You Monday, 17 September – BBC3, 9pm - 10pm Reggie Yates meets six young people with musical talents whose skills have been eclipsed by their struggle to deal with the symptoms of Tourette’s syndrome, giving them the chance to showcase their musical talents in front of a huge audience
NUMBER OF ILLEGAL FILES FOUND BY
MUSO.com OF TOP 10 ALBUMS ON SEPTEMBER 17 2012
36 The Vaccines Come Of Age 279 Two Door Cinema Club Beacon
147 Rita Ora Ora 289 Emeli Sandé Our Version Of Events
58 Ronan Keating Fires 221 Plan B Ill Manors
0 Paloma Faith Fall To Grace 62 Mark Knopfler Privateering
19 Scouting For Girls The Light Between Us Source:
Muso.com CRITICALMASS Keeping score of entertainment.
The average review scores of the biggest releases – all courtesy of Metacritic
www.metacritic.com 0 200 400 600
1176 Of Monsters and Men MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL 1,552
800 1,000 1,200
CAT POWER Sun
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Centipede Hz
CHICK COREA Hot House
79 73 72
For all A&R enquiries and demo submissions contact
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